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WILLMAR TRIBUNE.
Published every Tuesdnj at
WILLMAR, MINNESOTA,
Tuesday, April 2, 1895.
CHRISTIAN JOHNSON, Editor.
GUDMUND KARWANI),
General ButiinesH A^ent for the Will
mur Tribune Office at the old
Sperry Machinery Building, \MI1
mar, Minn
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The Real Trouole
St Cloud Journal Press The
Willmar Tnbune, the new Pop
ulist paper, a the bankers and
business men are responsible for
the lecent financial panic and
the piesent hard times, "because
of their superior ad van tap* to
comprehend these things,' and
that 'they should have foreseen
and a\erted the disaster And
\et e\ery proposition comiujr
from the bunkers for the past
half dozen \ears has been de
nounced by the Populists of the
Tribune stripe, re»aidless of its
merit, for the reason it did come
trom the bankers It WHS this
disregard of what the business
men of this country wanted that
turned this go\ornment o\or to
the Democratic pai ry, and it was
the bungling, anew tain polic\ of
the Democratic party that de
moralized the industrial actnity,
and brought about the present
hard times The leal trouble
with the country to-day is not
its financial policy, but the new
tariff law, which fails to pro\ ide
sufticent revenue to pay the
running expenses of the govern
ment, and iorces this nation to
be contiuualh borrowing mourn
through the medium of bond
issues And as long as oin ex
peii^es aie »ieatei than our le
eip1 fiom i'ustom an 1 internal
taxes, just so long shall we be
obliged to bonow moue and in
ii ease the public debt
The abo\e criticism from the
St Cloud Journal-PressTon an
editorial in Willtnai Tribune
merits particular notice because
we piesume it was (juoted in both
the Argus and Gazette as an
answer to the Tribune, and also
because it sets forth succinctly
the contention of lepublicans
when the\ attempt to defend
their position with argument
Le us see whether any state
ment we made has been contro
\erted
Rroadh speaking we 11aimed
that the business men and bank
ers, and not the farmers or Pop
ulists if \o like, were responsible
for oui piesent panic
Bro Eastman does not con
tro\ert this statement diiectly
The truth of our assei tion is too
evident for that But he turns
aside and &a\ that "every prop
osition coining from the Bankers
for the pasr half a dozen jears
has been denounced by the Pop
ulists of the Tribune stripe, re
gardless of its merit, for the
reason it did come trom the
bankers Now we wish to re
mind Bi Estman that there
was no Populist half a dozen
years ago Half a dozen ears
ago the editor of theTribunewas
a good lepublican. But grant
that men of the Tribune stripe
denounced the financial legisla
tion enacted during the last
half a dozen years at the sugges
tion of bankers, tjie trouble is
that the protest was not heeded.
The baukcis legislation carried
the day aud brought the country
into its present business stagna
tion
Now* while we admit that there
are many remote causes both at
home and abroad contributing
to make thisriisis, the immediate
caurse of the panic was the so
called "parity clause" of the Sher
man law Bi Eastman will
not deny that the "parity da use"
was iuseited at the behest of the
bankers The real object of the
parity clause was not understood
at the time the people, or even
by the majority of the Republi
cans in congiess that enacted it
But when Luchelheimer, Heidel
baek & Co presented greenbacks
and demanded gold onlv by
\irtne of this "parity clause,"
and Secretary Foster sanctioned
this construction by his ruling
that gold should be" paid when
ever demanded from the treasury,
it dawned on the people that by
it all our silver money had been
demonetized from the position of
money of ultimate redemption—
as it was under the Bland law—
to secondary money—money re
deemable in something else—a
silver greenback. By the enact
ment of this parity clause and
the construction placed uffon
by the secretary of the
it
treasury, this nation parsed
from a limited bimetalie monev
standard to the single golja
staudaid. *^he first effect of this
law, web understood in financial
circles, but not by the people at
laige, was the severe money
panic of of 1800 Boston, New
York and Philadelphia had to
issue cle.il ing house certificates
But Seeietan Windom prevented
it fiom spieading oxer the
country by buying S bonds
to the'extent *of #100,000,000
This sni plus he had obtained
from two souices, 1st by the
transferase of the National
Bank redemption fund from a
special deposit for that paiticu
lar purpose, to the general ax ail
able as.sets of the treasury, some
154,000.000. and L'nd bx the
enoi iiKiiw import and consequent
custom revenue, in anticipation
of the McKinley bill going into
effect in October of that xear
The second effect of the "parity
clause" was the exportation of
gold Now the door was open
to loot the treasury of gold by
the money biokers Thus
sexeral bundled millions of oui
gold, now our only real money
of ultimate redemption, was ex
ported out of the counti Who
does not remember that the
panic of 1893 was laid to the ex
portation of gold by the bankers
themselves, and yet this unlimited
ex portion was possible by yntue
of the "parity clause" enacted at
their request
Noyy we are in 1893, in
the midst of the great money
panic Silver dollars are sell
ing at a piemium of 3 per
cent in New Yoik What remedy
do the bankers piopose** The
repeal of the Sherman law9 No,
onlypai of it—the purchasing
clause Not the "parity clause
O, no' Simply the purchasing
clause so as to still fui ther limit
the supply of money to do busi
ness with at home So as to
make it liar ler foi the debtor to
obtain the dollar to save his
propei ty fi oin the sheriff Pop
ulists aie now in the field aud
they of course object But did
their protest amount to any
thing9 No! The puidiasing
clause ot the Sherman law was
repealed at the behest of the
bankei Senator Shermau, him
self, before an audience at Pauld
ing, Ohio, Aujr 28, 1891 lauded
the Sherman laxx because it
furnished an mcieased supply of
cuiiency, "necessary," he said,
'to the increasing population
and tiade But in 1893 he and
his stupe ruthlessly toie the
ac ledged I 'essai ami tiaI
supply of money, oyei $50,000,
000, from the business woild of
this nation, and that as we haxe
said when the |eoplewerefamish
iug for money and paying huge
premiums to get dollars
Thus at the request of bankers,
against the protest of Populists,
and we believe a majority of Re
publicans and Democrats as well,
congress have enacted legislation
that lead to the expoitation ot
probably half of our gold, and
the stoppage of our regular sup
ply of silxet, thus far probably
about $100,000,000, a contrac
tion of the curieney dining the
last half a dozen years of about
$400,000,000
Is it any woudei that we haxe
hard times and that pro petty is
depictiating? Why, it could not
be otherwise The laws of finance
are as immutable as any othei
law of nature Double the stock
of money in any country, or the
orld, and you double prices of
commodities Half the stock of
money and you halxe prices of
commodities
IS THE TARIFF THE REAL TItOI BLE°
The editor of Willmar Tribune
claims to be a Pa*t Master in
Republicanism, and has taken
a post graduate course in the
philosophy of a protective tariff.
He holds now that a protective
tariff under proper conditions is
the true national policy But
the basis and prerequisite for a
protective taritf is a home market
unsupplied by home goods, that
can be made at home. To talk
protective tariff when the home
market is lacking to consume
the goods is utter nonsense We
might as well talk about the
necessity of the fifth whe«l to a
wagon that lacks the running
gear. We have no home market
to-day The great home market
for manufactured goods are the
farmers, 4 5 per cent of our pop
ulation—30,000,000 of people
Contraction of money as above
pointed out, has halved the
prices of farm produce, and all
the farmer now can realize from
his crop is only sufficient, and
hardly that, to pay his taxes and
interest, and the mere absolute
necessaries of life The farmer
has practically stopped buying
goods Hence we see to-day
goods rotting in the yy arehouses
for want of buyers. attempt
by a high protective tariff to
stimulate the manufacture of
more surplus goods to rot in the
warehouses appears to us utter
nonsense. No, restore the buying
capacity of the farmer, by giving
us the mouey supply of former
years, which will, and nothing
else will, restore prices of agri
cultural products. T/hfen if'ou
manufacturies cannot supply
home demand we will talk tariff.
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WHV IS THERE L£CK OP COSTOJ*
REVENUE.
Belt we are told that the new
tai iff laxv fails to provide sufficient
revenue to pay the running ex
penses of the* government, and
hence the government must bor
row money and issue bonds etc.
Noxv theie is one thing that
Bro Eastman has overlooked,
in his zeal for IUH party xvholly
forgotten, tow it: That there
must be impoitation of goods in
oi der to get custom revenue, no
matter what the rate of tariff is.
And in order to get importation
of goods theie must be a market
for them Importers do not buy
i»oods in Europe, pay tariff to
Uncle Sam, simply to pile up
goods to lot in the yy arehouses,
any moie than the manufacturei
make goods foi that pin pose But
as\\ehaxepointed out abo\e,con
tiaction of our money volume,
has driven down prices of com
modities, beggared the common
people, the producers, so that
they cannot buy goods, home or
foi eign Hence of course there is
no importation and no custom
revenue If Bro Eastman had
remembered this fact he would
not haxe made the silly assertion
that changing the tariff a few
lOOths of a cent on a yard of
calico could effect revenue or im
poitation one way or the other
Let Bro Eastman go a few miles
outside of St Cloud, and let him
ask the first 10-year-old farmer
boy with ragged pants, "why
his' father does not buy him a
new pair of pants?" The boy
will undoubtedly answer: "Be
cause fa thei has no money.
heat is only 50 cents But
Bio Eastman will of couise
flown at the simplicity and igno
rance of the rural youngster and
explain:
"You aie an ignorant Populist,
you! Scat city of money and 50
cent wheat has nothing to do
with your father's inability to
buy pants It is the Democrats
in power, and their tariff that
prevents your father from buy
ing pants for you!"
Bro Eastman reminds us of
the senior member of a lumber
firm dow the Mississippi many
years ni»o The company ow neil
and operated a large haw mill,
the only industry of the plue,
and urn also a geneial stoie.
The old man. asexerxbobx called
the senioi member of the firm,
was one of these men that alvv ay
talks about how much better
things weie when they vxtre
xoung He would tell a dozen
times a week how hestaited in
life back in the '30 and woiked
for 25 cents a day He was
always contemplating hoxv to re
duce xx ages to the good old-time
standard One year when the
lumber trade was dull and the
company did not make anything
the old man succeded in cutting
dow the wages of the men one
half Most of the men had
families and homes at the place,
and accepted the reduction foi
the time hoping foi a change in
the iiituie. A year passed
aiound As the business of the
company xvas balanced up it was
found that the stoie business
had hardly paid expenses, where
as in formei yea is it had usually
returned a laige profit The old
man became furious at the store
clerks and swore up and down
that they had charged too little
for the goods The clei ks and
other members of the firm tried
to show the old man that as the
men had receixed only half the
ordinary wages, and as they
were obliged to pay taxes, in
terest and other necessary money
outlay7, nothing had remained
over to bring to the store for
trade, and that this was the
reason why the store had run be
hind. But the old man would
uot listen. He declared that the
rate-of wages of the men had
nothing to do with the stoie busi
ness that if they would only
raise the price of goods at the
store high enough they would
realize as much profit as ever.
Bro. Eastman must be a de
scendant of the old man. His
party by money legislation as
shoyvn above has reduced the
wages of the people of this
country one-half. Uncle Sam's
revenue business is at a stand
still. But Bro. Eastman insists
that the reduction of the wages
of producers has nothing to do
with the revenue business. That
all Uncle Sam has to do is to
raise his tariff to get sufficient
revenue. Iu other words that by
some hocus poem* process of tariff
legislation this government can
eqtract from the people some
thing they haven't got!
The readers of the Tribune will
please excuse us for the length of
this article fair, and intelli
gent and unprejudiced readeis a
simple statement would suffice.
But when such monstrous falla
cies are paraded before a preju
diced public by men of influence,
there is no other course than to
expose them iu detail.
Buy your Fiovver and Garden
seeds at the Western Union Tele
graph office. Nothing but the
best.
DRr P. NELSON,
Wits'
Veterinary Surgeon,
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Ttfarlow House,
(Norsk Hotel)
Ole J. Beck, Proprietor.
Good accomodations for trav
elers and good stabling.
WiLLjiAR I N N
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By ha viug your repairing done at
LAWRENCE'S
Carpenter and Jobbing Shop.
Storm windows and doors re
moved. Screen windows and
doors made and put up Wood
turning and scroll sawing, saw
filing, general machinery repair
ing and practical boat building
Satisfaction guaranteed. Shop
east of Swedish Lutheran church.
Address LOCK Box 61,
Willmar, Minn.
A. F. MANTOR,
DENTIST,
WILLMAR, MINN.
IT WILLUiS TBZ TOST 15 SATS EACH MOUTH,
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OFFICE IN ABSTRACT BLOCK
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OFFICB IN Eio BLOCK
4. K. RICK, Pres. F. HANDY, Cash
C. E. LIEN, VicePres't.
Gtrefal Vton'hn to Collections.
Otganlied Uuder the State Laws
apital
$4Q,OOO:
WILLMA
undividedprofits$6o,oco
Does a General Banking Buslnenw
Money Loaned on Real Estate
aud other securities.
Drafts on alt the Principal cities
of the World.
Passage tickets from aud to
parts of Europe.
BRANDS:
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Work
DR. E. S. FROST,
Physician & Surgeon.
Office over Carlson Bios. & Frost
Drug Store or Residence on Becker
Avenue.
WILLY VK. MINN.
MX crcriEB $4
200
WILLMAR, MINNESOTA
O OrFICK 1 TUL OLl S RUILDIAO O
invite tho-e who have Real Ebt ite for sale oi exchange to list their
l^opeity with us
II ou want to huj (ami, oi a home in the village, or business propeilj
here oi elsewhere, or lent a iaim oi a house, just cill mi us and
we can help you out.
All kinds of Farm Produce taken in exchange
THLE-^LJ*
Great Blood Purifier
And Liver Regulator
DAYS
TREATMENT
SI
The Alonzo O Bliss Jo Pi ops,
Washington,
hold only by
Mrs. J. P. Madison, Agent,
Willmdi, Mum
WATCHMAKER
AND ENGRAVER,
OFFERS A
JEWELRY AND
tW SILVERWARE
Fiom to d.ty and dining the spung
you can have *mythintr in Jewehy,
SolurSilvei or PUted Waie at a tut
down pi ice from
25 to 35 per Cent!
Al&o Oculist's Spectacles and Eye
Glasses, Thermotneteis, etc.
Watches cleaned, Ihst class work,
7 6
New spung in watch, 7 6
Location between Kandiyohi County
Bank and Dale & Roisev Stoie
Willmar, Mum
Anderson Bros.,
JEWELERS
Willmar, Minn.
DIAMONDS. WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELERY, SILVERWARE and SPECTACLES
REPAIRING AND ENGRAVING.
CALL IN AND GET OUR PRICES.
Johnson, Q,uam & Karwand,
Williams & Davies,
$
Dealers in $
DRY GOODS, NOTIOiNS,
Hats, Caps, Crockery,
Goods delivered Promptly to all parts of the city.
S. C. Bogart, Prop.
Equipped with Latest Improved Machinery
Operated by workmen
extended experience.
*^r €ja.*^fr-»»
of
GOODS CALLED FOR AND DELIVERED.
Only First-Class Work Guaranteed.
Benson Avenue back of Dale & Koise's Store.
WillmarRoIlerHills
Capacity 100 Barrels Dally.
FANCY PATENT, FAMILY STRAIGHT,
STRAIGHT and EXPOH'l
These Flours are Manufactured from Best Varieties of Hard Spring Wheat.
Specialty- Feed Ground at all Tln.es
WILLIAMS & BARNSTAD, PROPS.
5SS
C.JACABSON
You Will Save Money by Buying Your Goods oi
-DEALER IN-
Groceries, Drugs, Oils,
Window Class, Crockery,
Silverware and Glassware,
My stock of staple and fancy groceries is the largest and most omplete
in the city
Highest market price for Butter, Eggs, and other Produce.
The Drug Department is complete in ever} respect, and is in charge of
a Registered Pharmacist. Special attention will be given
to this branch of the trade, and satisfaction
guaranteed.
STORE-Mossberg Bros, old stand,
WILLMAR, MINNESOTA.
JACOBSON & PETERSON,
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
Peter J. Berg,
Merchant Tailor
DOMESTIC and FOREIGN GOODS kept in stock and a huge
variety always on hand I make suits as cheap as
they can be made All work Guaranteed
SHOP OPPOSITE KANDIYOHI CO BANK WILLMAR, MINN
Jacobspn & Olson,
Dealeis in
GROCERIES
Dry Goods, Boots
S O E S
Spicer, Minn.
J. N. QUAM It SON,
-DEALERS IN-
Lamps Etc-
GROCERIES and
DRY GOODS.
Benson Ave., between4th and 5th St. WILLMAR, MINN.
ENERAL ERGHANDISE
Hardware and Medicines.
Come in and we will convince you that we can do as well bj you as
anyone else.
Norway Lake, Minn.
Farm, Garden and Lawn Fences.
Cheap, Strong, Durable and Safe.
Can be put up to tui nail kinds of stock, including Hogs and Sheep,
almost as cheap as barbed wire fence If you intend putting up fence in
the spiing, we shall be pleased to quote you bottom prices.
NelS Gtuam, Gen Agent.
Norway Lake, Minn.
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